known around their small middle school as the Backpack Club, but no one knew about the powerful computers in their normal looking packs.

K.T. was a daredevil who liked a challenge.  Her dark eyes flashed and a big smile spread across her face as she flipped open her key chain and pressed a button.  Instantly, it connected to Roman’s computer.

“Hey, K.T., what are you doing in the clubhouse?” asked Roman, reading her coordinates from the transmission.

“Roman, the new chip you installed in our backpacks is your father’s time/matter/relator device, right?  So we can program our backpack computers to take us anywhere, anytime.  Is that right?” asked K.T.

“Actually, K.T., it’s better than Dad’s device for two reasons:  number one, I added a language database that does instantaneous translations so you can communicate anywhere, anytime; and number two, we can all travel together,” Roman responded with a laugh. 

Travis, who was six inches taller than any of the others and the oldest of all of them, spoke up, “Why go back to ancientEgypt?”  Travis was Summer’s step-brother, but he felt very protective of her, especially when K.T. was involved.  K.T. was always getting her into adventures despite the fact that Summer was partially paralyzed and used a motorized wheel chair.

“I found this kitten and Summer thought of the best home for her:  Egyptduring King Tut’s reign.  The ancient Egyptians worshipped cats; they had a cat goddess. Wouldn’t this be a great way to test the new chip?  Just a quick little trip?”  K.T. pleaded.

Travis frowned.  It was just like brave, spunky, crazy K.T. Watson.  She was always the first in line for adventure.                       

“I want to go,” exclaimed Connie.  “I’ve always wanted to see a pyramid and find out how they built those incredible tombs.  It was an engineering marvel!”    

“I don’t think I can maneuver very well in the sand, so I’ll stay here and provide research support,” Summer said.  “For example, the climate was hot and dry so you’d better take some water bottles along.”        

K.T. turned to Summer.  “When and where exactly do we need to go?”